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'Interim amendments to "M.T. routes in Persia". Vol, 2. Minor Routes.' [‎1r] (1/96)

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The record is made up of 1 file (48 folios). It was created in 1942. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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L.PS.20.247
INTERIM AMENDMENTS TO
“ M.T. ROUTES IN PERSIA,"
1942
VOL. 2. MINOR ROUTES
M.T. ROUTE NO. 8
KANGAVAR—JOKAR via TUISARKAN
This route is a by-pass from Route I-B. to Route 1-E.
by-passing HAMADAN.
General Report (Date : June, 1942)
p. 46 1. Classification. — This has been partly convened
into an A.l road, except in the TAHIRABAD area, where
it is generally B.l, but passing places have been made at
frequent intervals. Average width, 20—22 ft. Work
was stopped on this road in July, 1942, in favour of
Route 9 via NEHAVEND. Route 8 can be used by
convoys up to 15th November, if one-way traffic is
arranged during their passage.
2. Surface and Grading.—Well-metalled throughout;
plenty of metalling is available along the route. The
gradients and culverts on the pass from Miles 34.8 to
40 should not be an obstacle to 10-ton trucks.
3. Character of adjacent country —Up to Mile 29 the
road passes through flat and partly cultivated country,
and, in dry weather, a good deal of cross-country
movement is possible anywhere, but there are a good
many irrigation ditches; no cover from air in this
section. From Mile 29.2 to Mile 41.5 the country is

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The interim amendments are comprised of a list of routes through Persia compiled by the mechanical transport (M T). For each route the start and end destinations are given along with following: the total distance; references to maps showing the route; general notes and a report which breaks down the route into smaller parts; details of the route's suitability in various weather conditions; surface, gradient, character of adjacent country; climate, local features, condition of the roads, and available facilities and supplies such as camping locations and water.

The routes described in the amendments are:

  • M T Route No. 8 Kangavar [Kangāvar] - Jokar [Jowkār] via Tuisarkan [Tūyserkān]
  • M T Route No. 9 Kangavar [Kangāvar] to mile 272 on route IV C via Nehavend [Nahāvand]
  • M T Route No. 11 Hamadan [Ostān-e Hamadān] - Senneh [Sanandaj]
  • M T Route No. 11-A Qurveh [Qorveh] - Sunqur [Sonqor] and thence to join route 1-B near Sahneh [Şaḩneh]
  • M T Route No. 14 Hamadan [Ostān-e Hamadān] to Zenjan [Zanjān] via Kabutarahang [Kabūdarāhang]
  • M T Route No. 16 Rawan [Ravān] to Saveh [Sāveh] via Nubaran [Nowbarān]
  • M T Route No. 17 Saveh [Sāveh] to Tehran [Tehrān]
  • M T Route No. 17-A Saveh [Sāveh] to Qum [Qom] via Kardin [Kūh-e Kordīn] and Haveh Āveh]
  • M T Route No. 17-B Saveh [Sāveh] to Qum [Qom] via Anjilavand [Anjīlāvand]
  • M T Route No. 32 Ahwaz [Ahvaz] to Ganaweh [Gonāveh] via Behbehan [Behbahān]
  • M T Route No. 33 Behbehan [Behbahān] to Kazerun [Kāzerūn]
  • M T Route No. 34 Bushire [Būshehr] to Ganoweh [Gonāveh]
  • M T Route No. 42 Khumain [Khomeyn] to Isfahan [Isfahan] via Gulpaigan [Golpāyegān]
  • M T Route No. 45 Nain [Nā’īn] to Qum [Qom] via Ardistan [Ardestān]
  • M T Route No. 51 Bushire [Būshehr] - Lingeh [Lengeh]
  • M T Route No. 55 Lar - Lingeh [Lengeh]
  • M T Route No. 61 Lingeh [Lengeh] - Bandar Abbas Bandar ‘Abbās]
  • M T Route No. 92 Meshed [Mashhad] - Sarakhs [Sarakhs]
  • M T Route No. 93 Dughai [Dowghā’ī]- Sultanabad [Solţānābād]
  • M T Route No. 94 Imam Quli [Emām Qolī] (Mile 122 on Route VIII-C) to Lutfabad [Loţfābād]
  • M T Route No. 95 Quchan [Qūchān] - Bandar Shah [Bandar-e Torkaman]
  • M T Route No. 98 Shahrud [Shāhrūd] - Shahpasand [Shāh Pasand]
  • M T Route No. 101 Tehran [Tehrān] to Semnan [Semnān] via Aiwani-i-Kaif [Eyvānekey] and Garmsar [Garmsār]
  • M T Route No. 102 Route 101, Mile 28.2, to Tehran [Tehrān] via Jalilabad [Jalīlābād] and Veramin [Varāmīn]
  • M T Route No. 103 Rudian [Rūdehen] to Amol [Āmol] via Ab Ali [Āb‘alī]
  • M T Route No. 104 Babul [Bābol] to Mahmudabad [Maḩmūdābād] via Amul [Āmol]
  • M T Route No. 105 Arablar [Arablyar] to Maku [Mākū]

Routes 8, 11, 42 and 101 also include appendices detailing alternative options to the principal route described.

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1 file (48 folios)
Arrangement

The amendments are arranged in numerical order according to route number.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 48; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.

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'Interim amendments to "M.T. routes in Persia". Vol, 2. Minor Routes.'
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